The Festival was organized by the historical chess club Scacchistica Milanese, the Italian Chess federation and ScacchiRandagi.

The Festival consisted of five playing sections: - Master, for players with FIDE or Italian rating equal to or more than 2000 - Open A, for players with FIDE or Italian rating between 1750 and 2050 - Open B, for players with FIDE or Italian rating under 1800 - Open C, for players with FIDE or Italian rating under 1500 - Open U16, for all players born after 31th December 1996

The main Master section had 58 participants. Ukrainian Grandmaster Andrey Sumets took a clear first place with 7,0/9 points to win the top prize of 1000 EUR.